Music and the Brain: Part 2 (The Great Courses)

What recommendations do you have for other facilitators who are using "Music and the Brain: Part 2"? Consider sharing additional resources you found helpful, activities that worked particularly well, and some reflections on who this course is best suited for. For more information, see this course on P2PU’s course page.

This course received a rating from a participant!

Is there anything else that you learned or achieved during the learning circle?
Learnt a lot more about the Brain and it’s connection to music

Do you feel more confident about what you just learned in Music and the Brain: Part 2 ?
3

How do you intend to apply what you learned?
Share information with colleagues friends and family

How well did the online course work as a learning circle?
4

Why did you give the course 4 star/stars?
Some issues with timing

How likely are you to recommend participating in a learning circle to a friend or colleague?
5

Why?
An excellent way to learn new topics safely from home. Good speakers and interesting topics.

This course received a rating from a participant!

Is there anything else that you learned or achieved during the learning circle?
learning in a group keeps me focused

Do you feel more confident about what you just learned in Music and the Brain: Part 2 ?
4

How do you intend to apply what you learned?
put more music in my life

How well did the online course work as a learning circle?
5

Why did you give the course 5 star/stars?
well organized

How likely are you to recommend participating in a learning circle to a friend or colleague?
5

Why?
lots to learn

This course received a rating from a facilitator!

When you signed up, we asked what you hoped to achieve by facilitating a learning circle, and you wrote “Continue to build a lifelong learning community.”. To what extent did you achieve this?
5

Did anything about the learning circle surprise you?
Not really

Do you have any stories from the learning circle you want to share with the P2PU community?
Of those who dropped out, half found the material too technical in terms of the neuroscience and the others, in terms of the music theory.

You recorded in your weekly feedback that 17 participant(s) attended the first meeting. Is this correct?
Yes

You recorded in your weekly feedback that 21 participant(s) attended the second meeting. Is this correct?
Yes

You recorded in your weekly feedback that 11 participant(s) attended the last meeting. Is this correct?
Yes

How well did the online course work as a learning circle?
5

Why did you give the course 5 star(s)?
It stimulated very engaged and interesting conversations.

How likely are you to recommend facilitating a learning circle to a friend or colleague?
5

Why?
I love a peer to peer format.

This course received a rating from a participant!

Is there anything else that you learned or achieved during the learning circle?
How much the brain is involved in receiving, hearing and interpreting music.

Do you feel more confident about what you just learned in Music and the Brain: Part 2 ?
4

How do you intend to apply what you learned?
I am interested but only for my own education.

How well did the online course work as a learning circle?
4

Why did you give the course 4 star/stars?
It was one of the best courses I’ve taken so far.

How likely are you to recommend participating in a learning circle to a friend or colleague?
5

Why?
It’s very interesting if confusing with overloaded information.

This course received a rating from a participant!

Do you feel more confident about what you just learned in Music and the Brain: Part 2 ?
3

How do you intend to apply what you learned?
Don’t know

How well did the online course work as a learning circle?
3

Why did you give the course 3 star/stars?
I would like to talk to the instructor but of course this isn’t possible.

How likely are you to recommend participating in a learning circle to a friend or colleague?
4